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Undeservedly obscure today, Rose Maddox was one of country music's biggest stars in the years after World War II; her gospel-based singing and gutsy personal style set the standard for subsequent female country artists. Music journalist Jonny Whiteside's affectionate biography spins a classic tale of hardscrabble beginnings in rural Alabama and early fame with her brothers as "the most colorful hillbilly band in America." Frank accounts of Maddox's relationships with her domineering mother and two husbands are se

Within a week, the Maddox Brothers & Rose receive a thousand letters, launching the group on a country music career that ultimately ranges from the rodeo shows of the West to the bright lights of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. In this meticulously researched biography, veteran music journalist Jonny Whiteside recounts the colorful story of this pioneering woman who literally grew up in the male-dominated enclaves of country music and struggled to make a place for herself there. Winner of the 1998 ARSC AwardA groundbreaking study of one of the pioneering women of country music, whos

Amazon Customer said A Must Buy!!!!!!!!!!!. One of the best biographies that I have read in a long time! Highly recommended to any one with a fascination of country music. Depression-era history thru music's back door Jill Van Vliet Ever since I saw a PBS documentary on Woody Guthrie about 15 years ago, I was anxious to find more on Rose Maddox, someone who got a brief mention on the show for her radio show with Guthrie in the Central California Valley.Since then, I've become a big fan of her bluegrass collaborations and the dusty, hard-scrabble existence they evoke. Her plain as dirt reading of classic folk & bluegrass songs is clear. Bill Mack said I knew this lady, her brothers and her mother. As I began a career in broadcasting and songwriting, one of my first exciting experiences during my first year in radio was in meeting The Maddox Brothers and Rose, billed as "America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band". That meeting was to develop into a personal friendship with this unusual family from Alabama. I was doubly honored when they recorded two of my musical compositions, "Wedding Blues" and "When

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